The Dumbest Comment I Ever Heard

[flylot74]

funneman, after seeing your pic, I reminded myself of why I want to start wearing a pocket watch. The darn left sleeve gets hung up on my wristwatch and I end up with an asymmetry problem. It bugs me to no end!

Love the look though, the spectators go great with the hat!

 

[funneman]

funneman, after seeing your pic, I reminded myself of why I want to start wearing a pocket watch. The darn left sleeve gets hung up on my wristwatch and I end up with an asymmetry problem. It bugs me to no end!

DOH!:eusa_doh:

Love the look though, the spectators go great with the hat!

Thanks for the kind words.

 

[HadleyH]

Columbo very seldomly wore a hat. :eusa_doh:

That's true, here is a rare photo with him in a hat, and he looks good! as a matter of fact, when i think of Columbo i always imagine him with hat [huh] i think he should have made the hat part of his character!

 

[jamespowers]

That's true, here is a rare photo with him in a hat, and he looks good! as a matter of fact, when i think of Columbo i always imagine him with hat [huh] i think he should have made the hat part of his character!

Its a stingy brim? [huh]

 

[HadleyH]

Its a stingy brim? [huh]

James, i have no idea what it is! i only know it looks right on him!

 

[KatintheHat]

Columbo is one of the best. Hat or not.

The only one to come close since is "MONK." No hat.

I think the comedic value detective started with Miss Marple and Poirot.

They all grew out of Sherlock though. The comedy of that was covering up his cocaine addiction.

I'm kind of a junkie for such mystery films. The old films are a great source of hat exhibits.

 

[carter]

Falk/Columbo - Mitchum/Marlowe

That's true, here is a rare photo with him in a hat, and he looks good! as a matter of fact, when i think of Columbo i always imagine him with hat [huh] i think he should have made the hat part of his character!

Hadley, Truth be told, I think you like that photo because it is very reminiscent of Robert Mitchum as Philip Marlowe. Hmmm.... :cool2:

 

[HadleyH]

Hadley, Truth be told, I think you like that photo because it is very reminiscent of Robert Mitchum as Philip Marlowe. Hmmm.... :cool2:

lol ... well...err.... ok ,yes ,you might be right there carter! lol

 

[jamespowers]

Columbo is one of the best. Hat or not.

The only one to come close since is "MONK." No hat.

I think the comedic value detective started with Miss Marple and Poirot.

They all grew out of Sherlock though. The comedy of that was covering up his cocaine addiction.

I'm kind of a junkie for such mystery films. The old films are a great source of hat exhibits.

You forgot to mention The Shadow. From your avatar, I would think that would be a top one on your list.
Oh and Sherlock wore a hat whether it be a tophat, deerstalker or homburg as sported by Jeremy Brett.

Then there was the Brown bowler Watson wore as well. :

I just don't associate a hat with Columbo. His trademark is the rumpled trenchcoat.

 

[jamespowers]

Hadley, Truth be told, I think you like that photo because it is very reminiscent of Robert Mitchum as Philip Marlowe. Hmmm.... :cool2:

Look at Hadley's avatar. She can like whatever she wants.

 

[HadleyH]

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[Nick D]

I've gotten a few, but th two most recent were "dude, thats a fly hat" which my response looked like this: o.0 ...interesting word choices from youngsters these days

Okay, this isn't a dumb comment, it's a compliment, but your post made me think of it.

I'm a PhD student, but I'm taking a beginner's Italian course that is full of mostly freshers. The only person in the class older than me is the teacher (and he's fairly young as well). A few weeks ago I walked into class wearing my WWII British greatcoat and fedora. One of the guys looks up and says "Dude, you look absolutely hench in that!"

The next time I saw him he asked me about the coat, too.

 

[donCarlos]

I think I haven´t written this one yet:

Me and some of my friends went for a visit to our old high school and one of my friends told me that I look like a "jewish missionary". Yes, I had a black wide brim fedora, but still - a missionary? He later explained that my coat looked like some kind of habit - even dumber lol

btw, has anyone of you ever heard of jewish missionaries?

 

[funneman]

I was wearing my brown Adam Executive and a grey suit at work the other day, my boss told me I looked like a rabbi.

 

[Rick Blaine]

...

btw, has anyone of you ever heard of jewish missionaries?

As Judaism is not a prothletizing faith there is no such thing.

 

[Miss Neecerie]

I suspect your friend was thinking of Chabad.....which could be confused.

They have -outreaches- in unusual places, near universities etc. but in general those are outreaching to the Jewish there already, not converting non-jewish to Judaism.

If your friend is college aged...this is probaly what he means, having seen Chabad gents around campus.

 

[Miss_Bella_Hell]

I was wearing my brown Adam Executive and a grey suit at work the other day, my boss told me I looked like a rabbi.

Yes, I've been told I look like a conservative Jew (jokingly, by my friends) when I wear certain things, particularly longer (below the knee) black skirts with a modest sweater.

 

[John in Covina]

Hench

One of the guys looks up and says "Dude, you look absolutely hench in that!"

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Hench as in henchman?

 

[donCarlos]

If your friend is college aged...this is probaly what he means, having seen Chabad gents around campus.

Impossible, there is nothing like that here. I have never seen even a czech orthodox jew...
He just said the first thing that came on his mind.

 

[Nick D]

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Hench as in henchman?

I didn't know what it meant exactly, so I looked it up online, it's 'big, strong, or muscular; someone you wouldn't want to mess with'.